THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE EGGS AND THE HATCHINGby@jeanhenrifabre

THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE EGGS AND THE HATCHING

by Jean-Henri Fabre14mMay 17th, 2023
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This caterpillar has already had his story told by Réaumur,1 but it was a story marked by gaps. These were inevitable in the conditions under which the great man worked, for he had to receive all his materials by barge from the distant Bordeaux Landes. The transplanted insect could not be expected to furnish its biographer with other than fragmentary evidence, very weak in those biological details which form the principal charm of entomology. To study the habits of insects one must observe them long and closely on their native heath, so to speak, in the place where their instincts have full and natural play.
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I was an entomologist, and author known for the lively style of my popular books on the lives of insects.

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I was an entomologist, and author known for the lively style of my popular books on the lives of insects.

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